Remote DBA Experts Job Candidate Application

APPLICANT INFORMATION
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Have you ever worked for this company?
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PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
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Supervisor Name: Job Title
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PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Company Name:
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Supervisor Name: Job Title
Starting Salary $: Ending Salary $:
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Reason for Leaving:
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 PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Company Name:
Phone Number: ( ) Address
Supervisor Name: Job Title
Starting Salary $: Ending Salary $:
Responsibilities: From : To:
Reason for Leaving:
May we contact your previous supervisor for a reference?

EDUCATION
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EDUCATION
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EDUCATION
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Remote DBA Experts Job Candidate Self-Assessment

Attitudes, Aptitudes and Approach Self-Assessment

Please rate yourself for each of the following factors.

Attitude Self-Assessment Rating

Passion for database administration work 1 2 3 4 5
Desire to be the best you can be 1 2 3 4 5
Passion to deliver customer service (Like No One Else!) 1 2 3 4 5
Can-do positive attitude 1 2 3 4 5
Sense of urgency 1 2 3 4 5
Bias towards teamwork, collaboration, and synergy 1 2 3 4 5
Desire to continuously learn, share, and apply what you know 1 2 3 4 5
Proactive prevention-oriented mindset in everything they do 1 2 3 4 5

Aptitude Self-Assessment Rating

Ability to learn fast 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to be creative and innovative 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in oral and written form 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to predict and prevent problems 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to efficiently and effectively solve problems when not preventable 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to plan, organize and execute complex projects and work tasks 1 2 3 4 5

Approach Self Assessments

Discipline Rating
Follow established process 1 2 3 4 5
Adhere to establish procedures 1 2 3 4 5
Seek and apply best practices 1 2 3 4 5
Establish, communicate, and follow work plans and schedules 1 2 3 4 5

Comprehensive Rating
Gather, understand, and adhere to set requirements 1 2 3 4 5
Carefully assess and define situations, tasks and problems 1 2 3 4 5
Are meticulous in the performance of all tasks 1 2 3 4 5
Document and share important matters 1 2 3 4 5
Keep timely up to date records 1 2 3 4 5

Systematic Rating
Are systematic in the conduct of their work 1 2 3 4 5
Take full advantage of existing systems 1 2 3 4 5
Seek to improve systems and develop new ones 1 2 3 4 5
Take a holistic systems view to everything they do 1 2 3 4 5
Are systematic in the conduct of their work 1 2 3 4 5

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Key Responsibility Essays

Please respond to the following questions.

Provide a few examples of ways in which you will help us “Create and Maintain
a Great Place to Work” environment?

Provide a few examples of ways in which you will help us “Deliver Service
Like No One Else”?

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 DBA Task Assessment
Please provide your own assessment of your level of talent (skill + experience) in
and passion for each of the following.

Database Administration Tasks Passion Talent

Server Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Job Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Problem and Incident Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Proactive Monitoring 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

Database Performance Tasks Passion Talent

Instance Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Session Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Object Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Performance Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

Database Availability Tasks Passion Talent

Server Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Job Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Problem and Incident Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Proactive Monitoring 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Backup/Recovery Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
High Availability Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Space Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

Database Security Tasks Passion Talent

o User Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
o Privilege Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
o Security Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

Database Functionality Tasks Passion Talent

o Installation Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
o Configuration Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
o Upgrade Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
o Feature Management 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

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 Platform-Specific Expertise Assessment
Please provide your own assessment of your level of talent (skill + experience)
in and passion in your applicable platform areas of expertise.

Oracle Expertise Areas Passion Talent

 Oracle Real Application Clusters 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Oracle Data Guard Architectures 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Non-Oracle failover technologies 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Oracle Applications 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Oracle Data Warehousing and Data Mining 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Oracle Advanced Security Options 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Oracle Times Ten In-Memory DB 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Oracle Applications 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

MS SQL Server Expertise Areas Passion Talent

 High availability options 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Data Warehousing and Data Mining 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Analysis and Reporting Services 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Performance Monitoring and Optimization 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 High availability options 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

IBM DB2 Expertise Areas Passion Talent

 Support for DB2 on ZOS, Windows, AIX and 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
UNIX
 DB2 database replication and 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 HADR replication for high availability 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 IBM Data Mirror replication software 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 BMC and CA third-party tools 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Database and SQL performance monitoring 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
and tuning
 All IBM utilities and tools 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Support for DB2 on ZOS, Windows, AIX and 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
UNIX

MySQL Expertise Areas Passion Talent

High availability options 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Storage engines 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
 Installations, upgrades and migrations 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Database monitoring and tuning 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

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